"There's no way we're going to find him in all this," Zelda said, after she and Link had searched a block in each direction. "There are too many people, and this city is huge; I can't even see where it ends." She pointed down one of the streets. "It's a huge canyon of towers."

Link sighed. "I guess there's nothing else for it…we'll have to go back to the place we came from and wait for him to come back. I'm sure we'll notice if he starts anything…"

Zelda stepped gingerly around bags of trash set on the street for pickup. "Somehow I don't think we need to worry about him attempting to take this place over."

Back at the hotel, they sat down in the lobby chairs and waited, but after a while they noticed the people dressed in costumes flocking toward the room with the moving pictures. Curious, they entered the room and saw all the moving pictures carrying the same image. It was a view of the city outside, though it kept changing perspective, sometimes showing the view from above in a shaky image. Words along the bottom of the screen read CRAZED FAN KIDNAPS SHIGERU MIYAMOTO. Zelda didn't know the meaning of most of the words, but "kidnaps" did make her suspicious.

"What's going on?" she asked a boy in a Dark Link outfit.

He whirled around with eyes wide. "Somebody's kidnapped Shigeru Miyamoto! They think he's one of the cosplayers from here! He got through a bunch of cops and everything!"

"Shhh," a girl in a Malon costume chided him. "The police are going to issue a statement."

A disembodied voice with a thick Brooklyn accent boomed over the room. "We would like to ask for the help of all New Yorkers to apprehend the alleged kidnapper. The suspect is described as male, tall, dressed in a costume of black armor, with red hair. The suspect is extremely dangerous; please do not attempt to apprehend him himself, but call us immediately if you see him."

Link and Zelda groaned in unison.

-&-

Ganondorf lifted the man he had been carrying over his shoulder and set him on his feet in a small alley. "Okay, we're going to go over this again. You know how this thing works – don't try and tell me you don't – and you know who I am, right?"

Shigeru nodded once.

Ganondorf leaned down and looked him in the face. "So you know what I can do to you if you don't cooperate, right?"

He made a startled squeak.

"All right then." He thrust the device at Shigeru. "Now show me how the thing works."

Shigeru turned it over in his hands. "It's different from mine…I can tell what it does just by looking at it, but there are some differences that could make it difficult to get you back where you belong…how did you even get this?"

"Some fool from that crazy party used it to bring us here." Ganondorf gestured in the general direction of the hotel.

"Um, excuse me for asking, but…why didn't you ask him how it works?"

Pressing his hand to his temple, Ganondorf muttered, "Well, if you met this guy…"

Shigeru nodded knowingly. "I see…he's one of those fans…"

"Unh…I guess I'll have to get the others and pull Andy out of that closet…"

Startled, Shigeru demanded, "Others? What others?"

"Oh, Link and Zelda got pulled out here with me too…"

"Really?" Shigeru's face lit up. "That's amazing! I must see them!"

Ganondorf looked insulted. "Um, why are you so excited to see…never mind. Well, I don't have to carry you now, do I?"

"No, I'll come. I…" He was cut off as a series of wailing sirens passed by a block down, a troop of police cars with flashing lights.

Ganondorf saw no connection between him and the squad cars. "I wonder what all that's about?"

-&-

Link and Zelda ran down the hotel hallway, heading back to Andy's room. The situation had gone outside their control, and now they needed a local who knew who they really were in order to address it. Unfortunately, they only had one choice.

He hadn't managed to budge from his place in the closet. "I knew you good guys had to come back for me in the end!" he exclaimed as they untied him.

Link grabbed his collar. "Listen, all this insanity is your fault! Ganondorf's causing trouble and we need to stop him before things get really out of hand."

Andy saluted. "I am more than happy to lend my assistance to the Heroes of Hyrule!"

Zelda sighed. "You're not getting this, are you?"

Once back down in the TV room, Andy gawked at the screens. "Whoa, it's like a dream come true…"

"More like a nightmare," Link snapped. "Well, mister expert…you know this world and we don't. Where do you think they went?"

Long pause. "Ummm…the Empire State Building? It's the tallest tower in the city…"

"Is that a statement, or a guess?" Zelda demanded.

"Guess."

By this time a group of people around them were staring at all three. Link grabbed Andy by the collar again. "Let's talk somewhere a little less crowded."

-&-

Ganondorf watched a crowd of blue-clad soldiers run across the street, maybe a hundred yards away. "I wonder what's going on," he muttered.

"Uh…they're probably responding to the kidnapping…" Shigeru murmured.

Unimpressed, Ganondorf demanded, "Why? Are you important?"

"'Important' has nothing to do with it. The police are very action-oriented around here…not like the Hyrule soldiers at all…"

Frowning, Ganondorf grumbled, "But I haven't really done anything…"

"Well…in proportion to your past history, no…I wouldn't push it, though…"

"Are the soldiers strong here?"

"Well, they have weapons more powerful than you've seen in…" he clapped his hand over his mouth a little too late.

"Really? Like what?"

"Er…I don't know for sure…normal people generally don't use them…oh hey, we're back at the hotel!"

Ganondorf frowned. "There seem to be an awful lot of the soldiers around…" Somehow he figured that it was not a good sign. "Let's see if we can get in somewhere around the back."

They walked into the back of the hotel, going around delivery trucks and passing by the stunned, suspicious stares of employees out for a cigarette break. Once in the door, Ganondorf turned toward the sound of familiar voices.

"What were you thinking?" Link's voice floated down the corridor. "Were you thinking at all?"

"What's going on?" Ganondorf called as soon as he saw them. "What's that idiot doing out of his closet?"

Shigeru trotted forward in excitement. "Oh! I'm so pleased to meet you!"

Andy's eyes nearly started out of his head. "Omigod…it's SHIGERU MIYAMOTO!"

Shigeru stared at the rotund little man. "Who the heck are you?"

They all heard the oncoming rumble of footsteps. "Um…I think we should move," Link said uneasily. "If anybody see us, we're going to be in serious trouble…"

"What for?" Ganondorf asked.

They all stared at him. "You don't know??" Zelda demanded.

"What?" he stood looking completely nonplussed, unimpressed with his crime. "What'd I do?"

Link motioned for the others to follow him. "C'mon, let's get out of here. We'll get things sorted out back in Andy's room."

-&-

"There certainly are a lot of those flashing things out there," Ganondorf muttered, staring out the window.

"They're after you, you know that, don't you?" Andy demanded.

"It doesn't matter. This is your fault!" Link nearly pulled his hair in frustration.

"Uh, guys? I think we have further problems…" Zelda pointed to the TV in Andy's room. It showed troops of police officers running into the hotel, in full riot gear.

Andy blanched. "That's not a good sign."